Swift's Improved Lawn Mower

SWIFT'S IMPROVED LAWN MOWING MACHINE.

The Subscriber having made some very important improvements in the Cutter of the English LAWN MOWER, (for which he is about securing a patent,) is now prepared to receive orders for the different sizes, which he guarantees to be well and firmly built, and if properly used, not likely to get out of order, but to be superior to any other now in use.

These improvements consist mainly in making the knife so adjustable as to allow them to be ground and worn, three fourths of an inch; and also in so altering the form and construction, that small stones will do no material injury where the English knife would be rendered entirely USELESS.

The superiority of this Machine over the English Lawn Scythe, consists in the even and rapid man- ner in which a lawn can be cat, with the advantage of rolling and gathering up the grass at the same time. With the large machine an acre can be cut, rolled, and the grass gathered in an hour. Lawns cut with this machine, likewise acquire an even, firm sod, like that produced by sheep grazing.

Orders will now be taken, and gentlemen wanting them for next year, would do well to send their instructions at once, to prevent all delay after the arrival of the proper season for their use.

The Subscriber is permitted to refer to H. W. SARGENT, Esq., Wodenethe, Fishkill Landing, who has one of his machines in operation.

LIST OF PRICES.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING.

All grounds intended to be mowed by the IMPROVED LAWN MOWER, should be carefully raked of all stones, sticks, &c., and well rolled, that it may present as even a surface as possible.

The knife may be adjusted to cut close or long, at will, by means of the set screws directly over the back shaft. If it is desired to cut close, loosen the bolts that secure the back shaft hangers, and ele- vate the hind part of the machine by the set screws. Care should be taken, however, to elevate both ends alike, that the machine may stand level upon the ground. To cut long, depress the back part of the machine in the same manner. The knife is adjusted to the wipers by means of the set screws in each end of the knife bar, and it should be set so as to cut paper at any point thereof, but not so as to grind hard together, as that would make the rollers drag upon the ground without revolving the wipers.

If the knife becomes battered, it should be ground straight, on the bevelled edge, but in no case should it be ground upon the upper surface. To sharpen the knife or wipers, attach the handle to the arm of the large gear upon the outside of the machine, and turn the wipers backward with a quick motion.

In size and appearance the small machine resembles an ordinary wheelbarrow. They vary from 5 feet by 2, to 6 feet long by 3 feet wide.

H. N. SWIFT, Wiccapee Machine Works. Fishkill Landing, Duchess Co. N. Y., Aug. 1855.